Lackthereof is that other Menomena-related solo project (the other being Ramona Falls) and this one isn't really as strong as the other. Nothing against Danny Seim, but there's something lacking in a lot of the songs on this one. It's almost like Seim took the cool Menomena drums and Knopf ran off with everything else, which I suppose makes sense because it's Seim who plays the beats and Knopf who is the skilled multi-instrumentalist.

In my post about Ramona Falls, I stated how I couldn't really see myself listening to Intuit because of how emotionally exhausting it was, being all pensive near-funeral music. Lackthereof pretty much suffers from the same thing, where overall it's just very droll and sad sounding, like someone living a ridiculously boring life and not even realizing that is the reason they're so sad.

Listening to both these solo albums really makes me realize how fuckin' amazing Menomena truly is. Seim and Knopf make pretty enough music on their own, but when you combine the two of them (plus a third party) they churn out densely atmospheric pop songs I can't stop listening to even years later. That's some Lennon and McCartney shit right there.